as spock would say " fascinating".. with 2020 being such a terrible year.
are people of the christian faith going to look at this as a sign of god, to give them hope and renew their faith?
coincidence?
For a specific locale, now astro event can pinpoint the site from all directions for long, a walking traveler.
The only analogy would be the "Christmas tree" markers release by the pathfinder "Mosquito" aircraft to start their night time bombing runs at that point. Even then, the marking lights lasted only minutes.
May be an early version of the fire in a tethered montgolfiere?
"Bethlehem" is a story only, face it.
let's see, wt is "banned" in china.
the wt preaches that reaching everyone on the planet is so important, yet they barely have a footprint in china.
if saving lives was so important, why do they not aggressively proselytize in china?
The phillipines years ago was noted for the beheading of pioneers --- men and women.
tl 123, That was far from the Philippines official stand. You could not find a more tolerant country folks, except in the radicalized south. but
wait until China extends the red nine dot line another 500 km, 1/3 out.
PS: or were thinking of Magellan? the martyr, who started to make the country Catholic, without which wt inc. would never have prospered there.
let's see, wt is "banned" in china.
the wt preaches that reaching everyone on the planet is so important, yet they barely have a footprint in china.
if saving lives was so important, why do they not aggressively proselytize in china?
, silence Russia, Russia not China?
because wt inc. has no real kingdom estate interests in China.
No open presence in, - silence on - Islamic countries roo. in both cases , imprisoned Witnesses would be slave labour, slaving for the prison authorities, not wt inc anymore.
Even GB members do not want to stick their necks out. of course
"Jesus" said: "if they persecute in one city, go to another".
"Sad-u-see" morning smile, clever!
this week's midweek meeting has an item on this theme.
as usual there is a video to show:-.
https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/vodbibleprinciples/pub-jwbai_201611_1_video.
It is wt inc. , the elders they appointed who have to return.
as spock would say " fascinating".. with 2020 being such a terrible year.
are people of the christian faith going to look at this as a sign of god, to give them hope and renew their faith?
coincidence?
every 800 years? no wonder the ancients turned to t stargazing to try to predict the future, because astronomy has a good record on that., now reaching back and forwaed in time and place thousands of years, to the second the kilometer.
wt predictions. 14, 25, 75, 75 are a complete failure by comparison.
this week's midweek meeting has an item on this theme.
as usual there is a video to show:-.
https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/vodbibleprinciples/pub-jwbai_201611_1_video.
In the film, the son seems to be an above average kid, does not leave a messy room, when mom checks.!! so,
The parents decide do break the relationship. On wt orders. For wt writer's fear that they too might discover something bad enough to give a good reason leave altogether.
How to atone for this? to dull the pain?, create more pain! pioneer! aka self flagellation. Funny, how
All these sob stories, whether it is "Andre' "or Andrea, always end up with the lead character pioneering', like in the fairy tales: "and they lived happily ever after" implied.
Who pays for all this?
as spock would say " fascinating".. with 2020 being such a terrible year.
are people of the christian faith going to look at this as a sign of god, to give them hope and renew their faith?
coincidence?
The 2 planets are in the night sky right now, You can get the perspective, an idea of the depth of space, with Saturn ~ twice as far away as Jupiter, and 1/4 dimmer, despite the shiny , icy rings. ---look west, then 30 degrees south and 20 degrees up.
Outstanding guiding "stars" ??, only in bible stories.
CS to you all, ( clear skies) as the astro phils wii greet you)
P.S. Christmas here seems to be kind of a cargo cult, hoping that Rudolph will home in on the chimney with the gaudiest light display.
a doozy in today's study article brought me to post here for the first time in a while.
once again, watchtower leadership is doing its level best to make their adherents as fearful of inconvenient facts as they, themselves, are.. "like timothy, we must also discern the danger of false information spread by apostates.
(1 tim.
not EVEN part of the great crowd of other sheep?
Lltr: according to wr, the great crowd does not really exist ye, t because the come out of the Great Tribulation, which has not happened yet, and which might not happen until 2075.
a doozy in today's study article brought me to post here for the first time in a while.
once again, watchtower leadership is doing its level best to make their adherents as fearful of inconvenient facts as they, themselves, are.. "like timothy, we must also discern the danger of false information spread by apostates.
(1 tim.
Jo Wo : very eloquently expressed.
my notes : # 4: could not learn wt stuff from the bible by yourself? right! the core wt doctrines have only a tenuous bible base.
#6 Apostates dissenters really, have no spirituality? well try some of the people here, even GB members would be stumped to come off unscathed.
#10. Christians as soldiers? yeah, once sworn in (like by baptism) to obey any orders. ment to kill, mostly the defenceless. executed for disobeying orders, desertion, cowardice. obey and be blessed, wt has never fulfilled a promise yet. except bestowing dubious honours pioneer, special, Po, Co, DO, ZO, GoBom
#18 plan exit.? good advice. do it before HMS wt/org sinks after the last fatal tack, or the sails become as empty as wt promises.
just thought i'd put this out there.
this is from a brewery in sarasota, florida..
HD: DUB? That is BUD (Budweiser) spelled backward. This Bud's for you!
pc: Good thing that most germans are fluent in english now. for the rest it is the ZJ bier
ZJ B: mostly froth, , and the rest is stale, old light. overlapping-ly ge-lager-t
